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Independent Watchmakers as an Asset Class: What May 2026 in Geneva Established
Phillips’s $96.3M record sale and Christie’s $42.3M Geneva total established F.P. Journe, Akrivia/Rexhep Rexhepi, Dufour, and Greubel Forsey as a defined asset class. What that means for collateral, comparables, and collector strategy.
Sotheby’s Geneva Important Watches Part II Surfaces a 1916 A. Lange & Söhne Grande Complication and a Paul Newman Daytona — What Luxury Week Tells Us About Vintage Watch Collateral
Sotheby’s Important Watches Part II hit the Geneva block on Wednesday, May 14, 2026, deep inside Luxury Week — and the trophy lot was a
The Spring Surge: Luxury Real Estate Markets Experience Synchronized Momentum Across Major Metros
The Spring Surge: Luxury Real Estate Markets Experience Synchronized Momentum Across Major Metros From Beverly Hills to Manhattan to Palm Beach, the first quarter of
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The Signature Premium: How Cartier, Boucheron, JAR, and Belperron Became the Asset-Class Jewelry the May 2026 Geneva Sale Just Confirmed
Christie’s Geneva’s May 13 Magnificent Jewels sale (99% sell-through, 84% above high estimate) confirmed the signature premium: why Cartier, Boucheron, JAR, Van Cleef, and Belperron clear above estimate while general jewelry does not.
Sotheby’s Posts $433.1 Million Across Two Sales in a Single Evening — What the Mnuchin Estate and “Now & Contemporary” Tell Us About the May Auction Floor
Sotheby’s cleared $433.1 million across two evening sales in a single three-hour session on May 14, 2026 at its Madison Avenue Breuer Building, opening New…
Designer Handbags as an Asset Class: What Hermès Birkin Auction Data Actually Tells You in 2026
Jane Birkin’s bag sold for $10.1 million while Knight Frank’s index showed bags down 0.2%. Both are true. Here’s what the auction data actually tells you about handbags as an asset class in 2026.
Christie’s New York Books $399 Million Imp/Mod Evening Sale on May 13 — Records for Balthus and Bonnard Anchor a Market-Affirming Result
Christie’s Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale on May 13 totaled $399,041,000, with works by Picasso, Monet, van Gogh, Cézanne and Degas anchoring the result and new auction records set for Balthus and Bonnard.
Jewelry Market — May 2026 Geneva Verdict: Ocean Dream Records, K-Shape Settles In
The Geneva Jewels Week that just closed delivered the answer to a question this column has been carrying since the De Beers Q1 production report landed on April 29: when trophy jewelry was finally tested in a live room — not previewed,…
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Sotheby’s Posts $433.1 Million Across Two Sales in a Single Evening — What the Mnuchin Estate and “Now & Contemporary” Tell Us About the May Auction Floor
Sotheby’s cleared $433.1 million across two evening sales in a single three-hour session on May 14, 2026 at its Madison Avenue Breuer Building, opening New…
Sotheby’s Posts $433.1 Million Across Two Sales in a Single Evening — What the Mnuchin Estate and “Now & Contemporary” Tell Us About the May Auction Floor
Sotheby’s cleared $433.1 million across two evening sales in a single three-hour session on May 14, 2026 at its Madison Avenue Breuer Building, opening New…
Institutional Capital Meets Ultra-Prime: Family Office Allocations Reshape Luxury Market Dynamics
Institutional Capital Meets Ultra-Prime: Family Office Allocations Reshape Luxury Market Dynamics A significant shift in who’s buying at the top of the market reveals evolving
Ocean Dream Hits $17.37M as Christie’s Geneva Books a 99% Sell-Through
Christie’s Geneva sold the 5.50-ct Ocean Dream blue-green diamond for $17.37M and posted a 99% sell-through May 13. The read-through to NY May marquee week.
Classic Car Market Mid-May 2026: Mecum Indy Saturday, Bonhams Miami Soft, K-Shape Holds
Mecum Indy 2026 puts the SWB California Spider chassis 4137 and a 56-mile LaFerrari on the block Saturday, May 16 — a stress test for the Q1 hypercar frenzy after Bonhams Miami cleared only 17 of 31 lots and Hagerty’s April reading slipped to 58.9. Three concrete owner decisions tied to the May 2026 K-shape data.
How a Marquee Auction Sale Actually Gets Made: Inside New York’s May Fortnight
Inside the cycle that runs New York’s May auction fortnight: the estate consignments, guarantees, and sale-night choreography behind every nine-figure result.
Christie’s Geneva Rare Watches Hits $42.3 Million — New Records for the AP Coussin Tortue and the 1990 Cartier Crash London
Christie’s Rare Watches in Geneva closed Tuesday at $42.3 million — the highest various-owner watch auction result in the house’s history. An F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Reference T topped the sale at $3.1 million-plus, while a circa-1930 Audemars Piguet Coussin Tortue chronograph and a 1990 Cartier Crash London set new auction records at $2.7 million and $2 million respectively. 99% sell-through, 188% above low estimate.
Spring Auction Season Delivers: Cross-Market Insights from Contemporary Art’s Biggest Market Moment
Spring Auction Season Delivers: Cross-Market Insights from Contemporary Art’s Biggest Market Moment The National Desk analyzes what last week’s blockbuster auctions reveal about collector sentiment
New York’s May Auctions Put $2.5 Billion on the Block — Picasso, Basquiat, and van Gogh Lead the Season
Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips, and Bonhams put an estimated $1.8 billion to $2.6 billion on the block in May 2026, with Picasso, Basquiat, van Gogh, and Richter anchoring New York’s most consequential auction week of the year.